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​Labor hails Biden’s COVID-19 relief package

1/15/2021

 
Saying that “This is how a real president provides relief in a responsible way,” AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka on Thursday said that the economic package unveiled by President-elect Joe Biden is part of the AFL-CIO’s Workers First Agenda and includes the lifesaving elements America’s labor movement has been fighting for since last summer. 
Those include enhanced unemployment insurance, state and local government assistance, direct payments to individuals, COBRA subsidies, an eviction moratorium, expanded paid leave and a long overdue Occupational Safety and Health Administration emergency temporary standard for infectious disease. 
Trumka said that “Congress should pass this relief package at once so we can provide healing and hope to those suffering under this deadly pandemic, and then begin the important work of rebuilding America with legislation like the PRO Act and President-elect Biden’s Build Back Better plan.”
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2021 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference: January 15-16
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Aims to build on our victories and strategize about the continued fight for economic and racial justice with—and also within—the labor movement.

Coalition to Repeal Right-to-Work: Fri, January 15, 7pm – 9pm
Coalition of more than 50 groups that want to repeal this mis-named law and give workers the right to work with dignity.

Our Revolution Virtual Town Hall on Repeal of RTW: Sat, January 16, 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Our Revolution Chair Larry Cohen and NoVA OR Chair Sandra Klassen will moderate a panel on repeal of "right to work." Speakers include Delegates Sally Hudson, Josh Cole and Lee Carter, plus Josh Armstead, Michelle Woolley, Don Slaiman, and Virginia Diamond.
Click this link to join.

2021 Gonna Take Us All MLK Holiday Inaugural Ball: Sun, January 17, 8:00pm – 11:59pm
Sponsored by the Labor Heritage Foundation. The Motown Diva herself, Lynn Marie Smith, will be DJ’ing, and along with the rest of the country, we will be happily celebrating the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris.

To register, click here. 

Missed yesterday's Your Rights At Work radio show? Catch the podcast here; John Boardman, UNITE HERE Local 25 on calls for DC-area hotel closures and transit safety procedures to protect staff and public from right-wing violence. Anita Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer at Howard University Hospital, clears up the myths and realities about the COVID vaccine. Richard Schweid on “The Caring Class.” Plus: Maryland My Maryland: The Free State Song. Hear a proposed replacement for the state’s song glorifying secession and violence. Sign the petition here.

Transit union demands safety plans to deal with violent insurrections

1/15/2021

 
With the FBI warning of possible armed and dangerous demonstrations to oppose the swearing-in of President-elect Biden in Washington, DC and all 50 state capitals, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) yesterday demanded that transit agencies have safety plans in place to prepare for violent insurrections. “Last week’s deadly insurrection of the U.S. Capitol put ATU Local 689 bus drivers and Metro workers in our nation’s capital in grave danger for their lives and safety,” said ATU International President John Costa. “There is every reason to believe that our members – bus drivers, station agents, and other transit workers – across the country will be put at serious risk as these forces of sedition threaten to repeat the horrors and violence of January 6 leading up to and on inauguration day.” ATU demanded that transit agencies work with the union to develop and implement comprehensive safety plans to deal with any and all violence. “Transit agencies should be ready to shut down transit service completely or curtail service. The safety of transit workers, riders, and the public must come first,” said Costa. The union reminded members that they have the legal right to refuse work they consider dangerous or unsafe as they've had during the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests last year.
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Andrew Washington viewing and service set

1/15/2021

 
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On January 21, from 12pm until 5pm, a viewing for Andrew Washington – AFSCME Council 20 Executive Director and 1st Vice President for the Metro Washington Council -- will be held at the Thankful Baptist Church, where family and friends will have the opportunity to pay their respects. The viewing will be a walk through in/out viewing, face mask or face covering are mandatory at all times, social distancing will be strictly enforced along with temperature checks prior to entering the church. The family “deeply encourages those who may be feeling ill or under the weather to stay home!" Expressions of sympathy, cards, love offering etc. can be mailed to AFSCME District Council 20 office, 100 M Street SE, Suite 250 Washington DC 20003 or dropped off during the day of Andrew’s viewing at the church. On January 22, the Washington family will have a private service and Celebration of Life; services will be live-streamed online for all starting at 11:00 am. Click here for for details about Andrew's life.

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